Fernando de Lucia "Fenesta ca lucive"

[pomonasfruit]

is this italian? can someone tell me what the song is about??

[DonnaSilvia]

De Lucia, uno stupendo strumento vocale emesso con una raffinatezza fuori dal mondo.

Uno fra i più grandi esempi artistici della Napoli che fu.

[jbmw25]

Un angel canto en la Tierra !!! Maravillosa voz.

[alragarp]

Que maravilla escuchar estas melodias en la voz de un cantante superior.

[keenaussie]

Now THIS is great singing.......no shouting, no manufactured tone, or artifice, simply a sincere unfussed performance of a beautiful Neapolitan song, brought gloriously to life by the unhurried thoughtfulness of a fine musical intelligence infused with warmth, dignity and humanity. Thank you for this posting.

[Nayke87]

E pensare che era un mio prozio e non ne sapevo nulla fino a pochi anni fa....porto lo stesso cognome infatti..

[Laribur]

Buen dìa,

Seria posible escribir todo el testo ?

Gracias

Laribur

[horowitz109]

Fenesta ca lucive e mò nun luce

segn' è ca nenna mia stace malata.

S'affaccia la surella e me lu dice:

"Nennella toja è morta e s'è atterrata.

Chiagneva sempe ca durmeva sola

mò dorme cu li muorte accumpagnata."

[horowitz109]

This is the best rendition I ever heard. De Lucia is truly unsurpassable, especially for his "pianissimo", so wistful and tender. But I have my doubts about the speed at which the old 78rpm has been remastered. Here his voice sounds almost baritonal. De Lucia 1902 version with piano accompaniment (G&T) is even better.

Thanks for sharing.

[Isidore98]

You are right - De Lucia was baritonal but not a bass. Michael Henstock choses this key - a semitone too low in many people's opinion (and mine)

[paulostroff99]

Glorious! Bravo maestro!

[andyrawn]

GERARDO ~ I am a singer who has admired de Lucia for years, his amazing diminuendo effects included, and now this recording ~ one of his most heart-breakingly beautiful! An artistic video too ~ Bravo!

~ ANDY

[1943anibal]

Lo mas triste y sentido de la canción napolitana.... pero porqué con dos letras ?

[diadm2]

Incroyable! Je n' ai jamais entendu de perfection semblable.

[jorge15359]

Bellísima y tristísima canción. Si, es la mas triste de todas las canciones napolitanas

[pinescar]

COME É BELLA QUESTA CANZONNE

[ANTICHITASCIPPA]

grazie per questa bellissima canzone

mario

[ildemart]

formidable y el video precioso, romántico, imágenes potentes y dramáticas soy realizador de cine y me quito el sombrero

[Cantachepassa]

E' la piu triste di tutte le canzoni napoletane.

Thanks

[Dekyi1210]

The greatest tenor ever! Listen to this, tenors of today and learn from him. La gloria d´Italia!

[hobo197]

do u know delucia was the most record artist of the time,from memory around five hundred recordings and half a dozen complete operas.

also when delucis first heard caruso sing he was outraged by his style and artistry.

[alainwilliam]

Dilucia was a great singin teacher -the greatest french tenor georges Thill was one of his pupills-he is a tenor digracia like alessandro bonci and anselmi

[BARREDA1976]

it is possible that the difference in pitch is due to the recording techniques used in the period. But ive heard many tenors in that age transposed the music so it was suitable for theyre voices. Notice the vibrato used for singing that it was often abused. Caruso changed all that.

[rm946]

Well Caruso had a wonderful vibrato too, and it's no accident that he and De Lucia admired each other very much, so much so that De Lucia sang at Caruso's funeral in Naples. I think the real difference between them is not so much one of technique as of style - to listen to De Lucia is to hear the last echoes of 19th Century Bel Canto.

[stefakamelpash]

It is a very interesting exercise in comparison to listen to this and then go over to the sidebar and listen to Caruso do the same piece. They are very different. I won't express an opinion, except to say that we are dealing with two very different kinds of vocal and artistic temperament. Fascinating.

[noappol]

A remarkable recording. De Lucia reputedly chose, or perhaps was compelled, as he aged to transpose much of the music he sang to compensate for the loss of some higher notes, and there are also some recordings that seem to have been affected in pitch by playback at speeds other than those of the original recordings. This is so different from Caruso's version of 1913. Does anyone have a recording date for it, please?

[sagalat]

Sensational.  The best. I heard DiStefano doing DiCurtis songs, but this is even better. Also, thanks to my TristeNinotchka for forwarding! Mi Amore!

[CraigFrancisSoto]

What a sad and beautiful song.The sound is surprisingly good for such an old recording. Che bella canzone napolitana! Grazie mille for posting it.

[bmcneese45]

I love this and the video is hauntingly beautiful!!!!!!

Thank you. --Bill

[Ankhsnammon]

Ma bisogna averne cuor...mglio...core!!!!...per capire....Da piccina,mi chiamavano alcune vole Nennella....Mo non cchiù......Non pò campà ....è molto lu che chiagne il mmio core pe te...

ankhsnammon

[canegrace]

Dimenticavo, bellissimo il video con la storia.

[canegrace]

la canzone napoletana classica al meglio.

[iusmike]

es verdad es una hermosa cancion napolitana

[GionataOLione]

E' bella a'canzona napulitana! E' o'vero o'no!?